Merle Haggard

Merle Haggard - Kentucky Gambler 2 guitar chord

Merle Haggard - Kentucky Gambler

Capo on fret #1

Intro: G C D G C G D G

G C

I wanted more from life, than four kids and a wife

G D G

And a job in a dark Kentucky mine.

C

A twenty acre farm, with a shackey house and barn

G D G

Thats all I had and all I left behind

G C

But at gambling, I was lucky, and so I left Kentucky

G D G

And left behind my woman and my kids

G C

Into the gay casinos, of Nevada's town of Reno

G D G

This Kentucky Gambler planned to get rich quick

G C D G

Kentucky gambler who's gonna love your woman in Kentucky

C G D G

Yeah and who's going to be the one to give her all she needs.

G C D G

Kentucky gambler, who's going to raise your children in Kentucky

C G D G

And who's going to keep them fed and keep them shoes on their feet

G C

There at the gambler's Paradise, Lady luck was on my side

G D G

and this Kentucky gambler played just right

G C

Yeah I won at everything I played - I really thought I had it made

G D G

But I should have quit and gone on home that night

G C

But when you love the green backed dollar, sorrow always bound tofollow

G D G

and Reno's dreams fade into neon amber

G

And Lady Luck, she'll lead you on

C

She'll stay a while, and then she's gone

G D G

You better go on home, Kentucky gambler

G C

But a gambler never seems to stop, till he loses all he's got

G D G

and with a money - hungry fever, I played on

G C

I played till I'd lost all I'd won, I was right back where I'd started from.

G D G

Then I started wanting - to go home

G C D G

Kentucky gambler, there ain't nobody, waiting in Kentucky

C G D G

When I ran out, somebody else walked in

G C D G

Kentucky gambler, looks like you ain't really very lucky

C G D G

And it seems to me a gambler loses much more than he wins

D G

much more than he wins.

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